I didn't want to be an actor. I wanted to design historical movies like 'Ben-Hur'. I saw this as my life.

I studied fine arts and architecture, but I decided to move into movie design because I grew up in a small town in the Marche region and spent a lot of time after school in the movie theater.

I've worked in television all my life, but really I've always wanted to work in the movies.

If I wanted to make spy movies for the rest of my life, that would be one thing, but I don't want to just make spy movies.

I don't want to be on the road all my life.

I saw one movie in theatres in the first 18 years of my life.